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Wolf Gap

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WV · 38.92455, -78.68909
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U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Wolf Gap
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Wolf Gap
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Weather outlook — at Wolf Gap
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,244 ft.
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.

Everything you need — measured from Wolf Gap · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · WV

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 3 miWDump · 3 miD7-Eleven · Propane · 10 miPFuel · 5 miFGrocery · 4 miGCVS Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 10 miRxLowe's · Hardware · 9 miHJohn’s Used Tires & Auto Service · Mechanic · 14 miMValley Coin Laundry · Laundry · 22 miLShower · 24 miShAir-up · 22 miAShenandoah Community Health Clinic · Urgent care · 10 mi+Murray's Fly Shop · Outfitter · 10 miOLost City Post Office · Mail · 8 mi@Walmart 2647 (Woodstock, VA) · EV fast charger · 9 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater3 mi
  • DDump3 mi
  • GGrocery4 mi
  • FFuel5 mi
  • @Mail8 mi
  • HHardware9 mi
  • EVEV fast charger9 mi
  • PPropane10 mi
  • RxPharmacy10 mi
  • OOutfitter10 mi
  • +Urgent care10 mi
  • MMechanic14 mi
  • LLaundry22 mi
  • AAir-up22 mi
  • ShShower24 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗

The site — Wolf Gap

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,244 ft
State
WV
Coordinates
38.92455, -78.68909
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Wolf Gap · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · WV (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waterWater · ~3.0 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~4.8 mi
  • Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~9.5 mi
  • Dump station~3.2 mi
  • GroceriesGrocery · ~4.2 mi
  • PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~9.7 mi
  • Hospital / clinicShenandoah Community Health Clinic · ~10.1 mi
  • HardwareLowe's · ~9.1 mi

EV charging — from Wolf Gap · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · WV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Wolf Gap · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · WV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Wolf Gap

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Wolf Gap are set by George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Wolf Gap

Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.

What we don’t know about Wolf Gap

A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

Before you go — Wolf Gap

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